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Eco chic, organic lacquers

Eco chic, organic lacquers

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Rachel Zoe, stylist, fashion designer, and creator of The Zoe Report reveals her top eco chic nail polishes I love Rachel Zoe´s style, see below what she has to say about her new fave organic lacquers.”I have always been conscious of the beauty products I use—aiming for items with as little to no

The Green Expo

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The Green Expo is a consumer/trade expo aimed at marketing green and eco-friendly products and services to the Cape Town public. The expo will be held at the CTICC from 18-20 November 2011 and will attract a wide variety of exhibitors with energy and water saving products, eco friendly and organic p

Gasland showing at UCT tonight & tomorrow!

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Gasland, the Oscar-nominated documentary about fracking – an environmentally destructive method of natural gas exploitation that may be used in the Karoo soon – will be shown tonight and tomorrow at UCT:Dates: Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th AprilTime: 5pmVenue: Studio 5, EGS (Environmental and Geog

Hemp has never looked so cool

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Win with Hemporium and liveeco As you all know April is Fashion month at liveeco and we´ve got another awesome eco fashion giveaway lined up :-)TO ENTER: All you need to do is click over to Hemporium´s website here and name FIVE items made from hemp in the comments section on this page, be

Up and coming ethical designers

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The fashion industry is glamorous and beautiful – but it’s also cut-throat and hard. Especially for eco designers who are trying to get their collections noticed while simultaneously being conscious about the effect of the clothing industry on the planet. liveeco takes a look at some of the up-and-c

Eco beauty lust-haves

Eco beauty lust-haves

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liveeco´s ed in chief fills us in on her latest ethical beauty buys The change in season is now starting to take its toll on my skin, leaving certain areas feeling very dry especially my hands. So at the moment I simply can´t get enough of Kalahari´s Soothing Hand Balm in Aromatic Dune Blend – a

Eco chic G-Shocks from Casio

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If you’re a fan of Casio G-Shock watches, and you’re a fan of the environment, there’s probably nothing better than being able to combine the two – and that’s what Casio did. They have just released the second line of Limited Edition Go Green Project watches – eco-friendly G-Shocks. Both watches are

Lily Cole says ethical fashion is an oxymoron. Is it?

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There are a number of members of the Hub working in fashion so it´s worth taking note when one of the fashion industry´s most famous names, supermodel Lily Cole, describes ´ethical fashion´ as ´oxymoronic´, particularly since she herself is the co-founder of an ethical fashion label, The North Circu

Environmental impact of golf courses

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Golf course developments and golf estates offer a number of benefits for a developing country such as South Africa. New firms are attracted to regions where golf courses are being built, they increase local property values and they also attract higher-spending social groups – which could mean a grea